Day in photos: March 19, 2013

An acrobat from the Chinese National Circus bowls over the audience during a performance of a new program — titled ‘Feng Shui Life Harmony’ — in Brno, Czech Republic.

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Prelates fill the square behind a statue of Saint Peter during Pope Francis’ inauguration mass at the Vatican.

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A North Korean guard scans the demilitarized zone near Paju, South Korea, as the US continued to fly saber-rattling training missions over the South.

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Imants Lagodskis of Latvia and Vladislav Baytsaev of Russia lock up during their men’s 96kg bronze-medal bout at the European Senior Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia. The sport is still reeling from the International Olympic Committee’s decision to cut it from the Games.

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Snow covers a blossoming tree in Dresden, Germany.

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Cypriots raise their palms — all reading ‘No’ — in protest outside the parliament in Nicosia against an EU bailout deal that slaps a levy on all Cypriot bank savings.

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Vernon Reid, singer of Living Color, performs in Prague, part of the legendary group’s Vivid 25th anniversary tour.

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Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub, sits in its cage at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage. The cub’s mother was shot in Point Lay, Alaska, last week and is being cared for at the zoo until it has a permanent home.

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Dallas Stars’ Loui Eriksson goes skates-up into the Calgary Flames’ bench during the first period of their game in Dallas.

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A model slinks along the checkered floor at the Adriana Degreas summer collection show during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil.

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Cigarette butts adorn a human skull in a piece by artist Lumturi Blloshmi displayed as a warning at the entrance of a health clinic in Tirana, Albania.

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Ukrainian deputies have a lively debate during a session in the national Parliament in Kiev. They were scheduled to discuss the date of the capitol city’s mayoral election.